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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-02
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Address Registered Lettersio
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL HANK
sew Orleans. Ia.

REMEMBER ss; h h:,. g,s,.ss'; II 4
Early, who are IN charge Of the drawings, 10
a Euarantoe Of absolute iaiTnots and intsgri-
~, that the chances are all equal, and that
no one can possibly divine What number
will draw n prize .
pl,.. a"saI ~ r. JBaI Nv rSJa
NsIrossL HANKS of New Orleans,
and the Tickets are signed By Tho. Precedent
Of an tnstitutiop, who're chartered rishu are
recognised In the higheft Courts therefore,
beware OF any limitations or anonymoso
tehemof.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-02
CapitaI Prize, $4,000.

LPrnoS sArfos rniEss.
100 Approximate Prlses Of co. 500
100 hpproximai On prlret ~ 40. 49,
2iTg Priies, en- Juntins to..-............ 200
Application for rHtes 70 club, should -
made only v he ence Of the COMPANY In
For furt or informstItn write clearly.
irwin, fuli .ddrsss. POSTAL NOTES. RI-
pres, Nor u Ordsrs, or New York Exehsnfe
In ordln ~ letter. Currency By Krpren lst
our sIp' assh sa'm% a. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans. La
or n A. DAuPHIN,
Washington, ID. O.,
a, a. n Get Court sf., Memphis, Team
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-02-04
The Presidents Puzz'e.

! The Hon. Frank LAWYER seems to
amuse the President very much when
! he calls at the White House, and Mr..
/ Cleveland is always glad to see the
J Chicago Congressman. Oa Saturday,
afterintroducing several callers, he ask
ed the President if it was so that he
had originated puzzle. The Presi-
dent looked at him as if greatly aston
i5hed at the question, and then the
Hon Frank explained that he had
been shown Il puzzle which every one
Was calling The Cleveland Puzzle
1T is little more emphatic il lam
guage than vou usually use, explain
ed Mr.. Lawyer; but, then, office seek
ers are mighty peculiar people, and |
would not wonder 1t you using any
kind of language to some Of them
"What is the puzzle?' asked the
President, who had grown interested.
"Give ME piece of paper and a
pencil and | will show you" replied
the Hon. Frank.
The two sat down at the desk, and
Mr. Lawyer put down eleven ciphers
on the paper, as follows:
0000 600 90 90
The President looked at them and
said: well, | don't see anything
strange about that"
'"No. not as they stand now," said
the Chicago Congressman. "But,
wait and see." Then he took up the
pencil again and said:
MARK straight line down from
the low right hand corner of the first
cipher; that changes it to G Then
mark straight line from the upper
hand corner Of the fourth cipher, and
| that makes it D. Then put another
similar straight line upon the fifth ci
/ pher aud make it also; straight
/ line upon the seventh cipher makes it
D. Then another straight line upon
the eight cipher to it will be D also,
and straight line down on the tenth
and that will make it C, and there you
have a sentence. and one, it is said,
you use on the Office seekers"
The President looked at the puzzle
as altered. and read:
! "GoOD GOD, DO GO.
lie looked at the Hon. Frank min
ute. and finally said, well, I'll say it
to YOU" The Chicago Congressman
has been very busy showing the Cteve-
! land puzzle all around to .!ay. HaHi-
! mere .iWPriCfU
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-02-04
everything went down with an awful
crash a good sixty feet into the creek

everything went down with an awful
crash good sixty feet into the creek
below.
They MANAGED to stop the train just
before it got to the bridge. ard what j
start | did give Johnny Carr and the
rest Of the BOYS when | cOn.e walking
up, for they were dad sare was still
aboard of old "l3' when they heard
her give that dying yell of hers, and
for quite IA while they didn't seem to
be quite sure whether they were talk
ing to Il ghost or not.
s. that was the end Of No. 10; for
when they Fl hei her out of the creek
she was no good for anything on earth
but junk. They put a new engine on
tn road in her place, but the super
intendent humored the boys by giving
her another number, for after that
night nobody felt like taking any
chances, even if it was all foolishness,
as some Of them said. What | thought
about it doesn't matter much, but !
will own up that | feit a good deal
easier when knew that No. Is was
gone for good AMI all.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-02-04
Curious Table.
HOW YOU CANTELL THE AGE OF YOUR
SWEETHEART OR OLD NAL
DEN FRIENDS
Curious Table.

Just hand this table to the lady, and
request her to tell you in what column
or columns her age is ,ntained Add
together the figures at the top of the
columns in which her age is found,
and you have the great secret. Thus:
Suppos her age to be seventeen; YOU
will find the number II only in two
columns, viz, the first and fifth, aud
the first figures Of these columns make
seventeen Here Is he maUic table.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-02-04

". II.
ART o
d Hy tht h ca la t
/ he as sLI
ManiAg
he vi tiers lforN
JOHN w. LLOIU
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-02-04
A Kansas Preachers Scheme.

The following is copy Of letter
recently received from a man in Kan
sas in the flee of a prominent claim
agnt of this city:
SIR: want to ask you to find me
IA boy am willing to enter into
duplicate contract with you. allowing
you S25 for your trouble. | want a
boy. strictly wife. not over six years
# age nor under eighteen months.
want him to be of good blood, though
he NAV come through disgraceFul
chanurl-as intleed that is the source
from whence | expect him. | want
his parents or those having him at
tn ir disposal TO invest at least $1,000
in "a good piece Of western land, let the
title be In any party they may select,
hat allowing me the free use and ben
eft of 1t l5v keeping taxes PAID up
until the cniid {,ov) is u years of age,
it being strip tlused in the agreement
that. should the boy live to be ~ years
Iof aye. tn n the Ind to be his; but
should he die in his minority, then
the Iaut would revert to som one else,
and would give possession. believe
these are about the conditions | am
willing to take the child, raise 1t as
my own. treat it as my own, educate
it as my own. have but one child ;
it is girl! | am 40 years of age, am
a local preacher in the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and have no home,
and | think this Il lawful and christian
way to get one. The So | wocid ply
out of my own p cket. If YOU will
undertake to find the by send blanks
for duplicate contract.
Respectfully, "REy.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-02-04

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sell
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W. Bry
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OF uyS i'll
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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-02-04
Queer Thing a Wcmln Is.

"Woman is queer creature, said a
sleeping car conductor. 81 have often
noticed that our women passengers
are the first to get uu IN the morning.
II train is due IN Chicago at s o clock
in the morning they will get out of
their berths ut 6, and begin to get
ready to get off the car III 7. | re-
member one old lady who came in
with us one night last summer. She
was up at 1 O'Clock in the morning. or
just daylight At 5 o'clock she began
gathering up her traps. The train
was two hours late, and told her We
would not reach Chicago unlii $50 or
10. But that made no differt nee.
Long before O'Clock she had her
cloak. gloves, and black veil On, her
shawl straps in her hand, and her va
lise all strapped and on the seat be-
side her. There she sat, bolt upright,
turning neither to the right nor the
left. asking no questions and saying
nothing to anybody for nearly four
mortal hours"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-02-04

"Give the devil his due, Pat, and
where would you be-" "A!one, your
Honor
There are a gooi many p's in pep
per, but not half SO many as there are
in coffee.
.'Is there sixth sense ?" asks Co.
madam editor. There is. The sense
of humor.
Wny is an Industrious woman like
clock? Because her hands are in.
cessantly at work.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-02-04
A Rather Er, barrassing Mistake.

\ Sombre-Ioohing wagon, bearing a
long and high white box, was driven
up toa Fourth Avenue residence a few
DAYS ago. Just as the man and boy
in attendance lifted the box from the
wagon and carried it slowly up the
steps, two elderly ladies of the kind
that fairly dote upon funerals, NOV 4
up to the Stoop in procession.
They caz-d at the box.
"SInantha. said one, as she glanced
over her srectacIes, I'm afraid that
your eyesight is getting poor. You
mast have missed this death when
you hunted through the newspapers
EhlS morning"
I'm afraid must have, Jane"
Looks like very respectable resi-
dencc, and there'll probably be plenty
of carriages. What's that name on
the doorpIate:'
"Bluks'
Wonder If the corpse was a man or
a woman
$50 do H.
"Of course well have to be pres
eut,'
TO be sure"
just then the BOY, after he had
dropped his end of the box in the hall
way, walked slowly down the steps,
proceeded 10 the wagon and took out
a force pump in which was small
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-02-04
- UaShiRqf0H SidF.

\ toboggan slide from the court OF
general session to Sing Sing would
supply Il long felt want.
a good many of Mr.. Blaine's fool
friends are like frozen dynamite car
trldgeS when Won warm them up at u
big dinner they blow the roof off.
Somehow or other | don't think I'd
care to be the prrttiest girl in the
world" he remarked. She-Why not?
He-"Because Id rather be next to
the prettiest.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-09-08

For sale everywhere. Price CUrIcURA
the great skin Cure. soc. CUrIcURA Soar
cURA REsoLvENT, the new Blood Purifier
81.
Potter. Drug, & Chemical Co.
Boston.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-09-08
DR.. C. d. SsLFiELD,
2I6 Aearney Street,
SAN FRAN OISCo, CAL.

Consultation strictly confidential, by cite,
or at office, FREE. For the convenience OF
patients, and in order to insure perfect secrecy
have adopted private address, under which
all pa ckages are forwarded
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-09-08

My skin disease, which resisted sew
eral popular remedies and other RENE
cured by your CUTICURA REMEDI ES.
They surpassed my most sanguine ex-
pectations and rapidly effected cure.
&C, ARENTRUE,
VINCENNES. IND.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-09-08
SORES ON NECK.

Cnas. Brady, Somerville. Mass. who
refers to DIR. J. Wood, druggist of that
city, certifies TO wonderful cure orr
ming sores on the neck which had been
treated dy hospital physicians without
cure, and which yielded completely to
the CUTICURA REMEDIYS-
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-09-08
TRIAL BOTTLE FREE,

Suficien show its merit, will be sent to
anyone .ying by letter, stating his symp-
toms and age. Communication strictly conf
Dental ais
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-09-08
KNOW IT'S VALUE

All of your CUTICURA REMEDIEs give
very good satisfaction. The CUTICURA
I especially recommend for the dis
seases for which it is used. know from
experience its value. DR. II. j. PRATT.
MontellC, Wis.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-09-08

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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-09-08
MISCELLANEOUS.
(Ht1cura
The Only Remedies For The Skin
And BLOOD Universally
COMMENDED

VIM. L. rotten, 672 North Tenth ST..
Philadelphia, reports that one of his
customers stated to him incidentally
GA ed twenty-seVen pounds in the last
yea all of which he attributed to
syst matte course of the CUTICURA RE-
SOLVENT, which mas proved ehectual
when all other remedies failed.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-09-08
CUTICURA ABROAD

Through home-returned Norwegian
have learned to know your CUTICURA,
which has in a short time cured me ola
Eczema that my physicians medicines
could not heal. CHR HELTZEN.
BERGEn, NORWAY. Aqenturforretniny
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-09-08
ROYAL GEORGE, Jr.
WILL STAND FOR THE SEASON
BENT0n'S LIVERY STABLES.
CARSON CITY.

This horse is chestnut, 154
hands high, weighs /, 100 in road
condition, was sired by Royal
George, he by Warrior. son of
Tippoo, dam by Harris HANDLE
tonian; Tippoo by Ogden's Mes
senger, Ogden's Messenger by
imported Messenger. Harris
Hambletonian was sired by Bish-
ops Hambletonian, dam, Mum
son mare, by imported Messen-
ger. Bishops Hambletonian was
sired by imported Messenger,
dam, Pheasant, by imported
Shark. The dana of ROYAL
GEORGE JUNIOR, was ssNegro
Wench," sired by Jack Hawkins,
he by Boston, dam, the cele-
brated running mare, Walnut
bark.
1t is now conceded that if
there is ever n horse that will
trot in two minutes, it will be
one that has the blood of these
two great strains, Boston and
Messenger.
Anyone having doubts of the
breeding of Royal George, Jun
ior, can have his record proven
by calling on his owner,
j. NJ. BENTON,
Carson City, New.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-09-08

engraving represents my styles of Bedroom
the Coast
Washsand Table Rocker and
chairs. 1Sx30 inch swinging glass; drawers
all doveaed together The set is made of Pine wood
imitation of Walnut with Rollers Stats and Handles complete
delivered depot Send for cut
of $50 Plush Plor Suit If desire anything in the fur
nitue ne write naming articles wanted and will send
photographs and prices that will defy competition.
Address all letters,
John Breuner.
mcha5a
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-09-08
THE POET POWERS

A feeling of gratitude impels me to
acknowledge the great merits of your
CUTICURA, and cordially recommend il
to the public as very valuable remedy.
III. N POWERS. BRIDaEPoRT, Com
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-30

NO answer. Then ne entered the alley
way and walked up the length of it. Be
hind the stove nj the far end he found the
bo'sun, huddled down ON his launches, in
nothing but his sleeping shirt. The man
was staring, stark mad. His one eye was
bloodshot and wild. and the other empty
pit glared up darkly The skipper was
no coward, Yet at the sight Of this half
naked Inadmin he quailed n little and felt
sorry hat he had found him; but only
for moment. He stepped quickly past
the stove To lay hands on Dredge, and as
he aid SO, once more that wailing voice
h1e through the storm its message of liz
finite, helpless agony. At the sound
bredge leapad to his feet, and crying out
.oudly. 1t 5 iSil! IA is calm of me! I'm
romin, lad-fathrr,s Comin'!' burst out
Of the fu'c's,c ard away across the deck,
and Wa up cn the lee hulwark and over
the side i'll /. Hash. The skipper made
rush for the door, 10 attemp; 10 secure the
ilceting figure. bat i'll vain. Just for half
q second the mailman was visible in his
rGttcring shirt On the reeling bulwark,
and then went oN,s' into the darkness and
those ;Cmhling seas.
Mr.. Rubhle SAW the deed from the
bridge, and, sprihein" 10 the telegraph,
rang the ship 10 u full stop; and then,
Whipping ont his snifc, ripped and sawed
n the cords with which the lifebOat was
dashed L. the bridge rail- and dash;nG
down the ladder TO the aftcrdeCk, tiung
the belt overheard from the stern. But,
Of course. il WAS trouble thrown away
And even if boat could have lived in
such "a sea and meu found to man it, the
o'sun would have drowned three times
over before we could have got one lowered
and started out to find hirl In n waste Of
black and stormy waters. After wallow-
ing about some ten minutes or so for de-
cency's sake, the skipper rang the ship
under steam again, and We slowly drew
away, leaving the body of our bo!sun
tossing somewhere i'll our wake.
That was the last Of the voice Neither
out nor home did we hear any more talk
about the ship being haunted. We made
a prosperous run, and We're dOCked again
in the Tyne before the seventh week was
over. Then the secret came out. The
Valiant was scraped and painted, and ran
sacked and repaired from stem to stern
post, In that narrow den called the fore
peak. which serves as the ships lumber
room, beneath mass of old iron cables
and rusty cordagc. we found the corpse Of
a lad withered 10 mummy. The rats
had been at him, too, and his feet were
gone. Beside him there lay an empty
meat tin; and in one of his pockets was an
old silver watch with this inscription on
it: ITO Bill, with Fathers love" 1t
was the bo'sun's son. The poor fellow
had stolen aboard as stowaway: for
being sickly lad, his father had been
strongly against his following the sea. In
the storm the plungiug Of the ship had
shaken down upon him all the lumber in
the forepeak. and he had screamed for his
father till he died-Chambers' Journal.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-30
The Point Was Visible,

They We're sitting on the piazza Of the
kushaqua house at knowersville. and one
gentleman ventured the remark that the
capitol at Albany loomed up wonderfully
clear i'll the morning light "BuSh, per
feet bosh," grumbled one wise looking
gentleman, without taking his eyes from
The feast of scenery stretched before him
in an opposite direction. 1T is IN impos-
sibility for the naked eye to distinguish
objects at that distance. Eighteen miles.
sir, you forget the distance Lets see.
Charlie said one Of the party To a friend
in n tone loud enough for the stage To
hear, how hrr OF is the moon, anyway"
The old gentleman coughcd, mumblcd
something about common sense in all
things" and shuffled off to the card room.
-Alban. Journal
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-30
SILENCE.

Come down from thy aerial height,
6plrit Of the summer hight.
Come stepping softly from the slender moon
whsre thou dost lie upon her gentle breast
And bring . boon
OF silence and Of solsce for our rrst
Or lift US. lift our souls to that bright place
Where she doth hide her face;
Lap us in light and lustrous fleece, and steep
Our hearts in Stiffness; drepch in drowsy
dreams:
Give US the pleasant languor that bessems,
And rock our sleep.
Queil thy harbed lightning in the somber west:
Quiet thy thunder dogs that hay the moon;
Soothe the days fretting like . tender nurse;
breathe on our spirit. till they be in tune.
Were il not hest
To hush all noises in the universe,
And bless with solemn Quietude, that thus
The still, small voice OF God might speak to u.s.
-Danske Dandridxe In The Critic.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-30
LOCAL NOTICES,
Go6.t Kesults in Every Case.

ID. A. Bradford. wholesale paper dealer
Of Chattanooga. Tenn. writes that he was
seriously afflicted with severe cold that
settled on his lungs: had tried many RENE
dies without benefit. Being induced to try
DR.. Kings New Discovery tor COnsump-
ton, did so and was entirely cured by use
Of few bottles. Since which time he has
used it in his family for all Coughs and
Colds with best results. This is the expe-
rience OF thousands whose lives have been
saved by this Wonderful Discovery. Trial
bottles free at Charles Ludlow l. Co 8 drug
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-30
An End to Bone Scraping.

Edward Shepherd. of Harrisburg. ILL.,.
says: Having received 80 much benefit
from Electric Bitters, feel it my duty to
let suffering humanity know it. Have had
running sore on my leg for eight years;
my doctors told me would have to have
the bone scraped or leg amputated. l use I.
instead. three bottles of Electric Btters and
seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve. and
my leg is now sound and we'll" Electric
Bitters are sold at fifty cents a bottle. and
Bucklen's Arnica Salye at pc per box. by
Charles Ludlow & Co.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-30

A fatal mistake. At the time DIR. Vance.
of Cleveland. performed the operation on
the lady for the removal of cancer OF the
stomach he found when too late that the
poor woman had no cancer to be removed.
The disease was indigestion. and IL she had
taken the Shaker Extract of Roots (Siegers
Syrup that awful distress at the pit of the
stomach, which made the doctors think she
had cancer. would have been removed. Dis
tress after eating, dull, heavy feeling in
the head. with pains in the side and back
all vanish after using this wonderful REM
edy. The tired. languid feeling gives place
10 strength and vigor.
Mrs. Della Marsh writes from Pea Ridge.
Benton county, Ark. that she had dyspep-
sia in the worst form for five years. and
that nothing gave any. relief until she used
the Siegel Syrup.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-30

Said an old deck hand on a steamboat:
There is one peculiar superstition among
steamboatmen that does not lose any of its
interest by age. Whenever a minister and
a horse happen to make the trip at the same
time on steamboat, there is all accident
of some kind to follow. 1t may not be al
ways to the steamboat, but II is certain to
be to the boat or some OF the passengers.
This superstition is SO strong among the
deck-hand that they will positively refuse
to go on a boat which carries a minister aid
a white horse"
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-30

Twanty-One years ago Rev. DIR. Kuhns. of
Westminster, Nd. by the advice of his
then parishioner August Kounize, of New
York, bought forty acres of land nesr
Omaha. for which he paid $500. He has
kept this land until now. largely because
he was unable TO get what he paid for 1t.
But the recent land boom in Omaha and
the extension OF the city have caused his
land to appreciate so much in value that 1t
Is now worth SlO0, 900.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-30

A tall and stout visitor to the AstOr house
ro,unda yesterday ordered Goldfish cakes
and placidly instructed the waiter that he
wanted some molasses. lie WAS particular
to state that he didn't want sugar or maple
syIup-he wanted mOlasses. He poured
the moIasses over his fish cakes. ana seemed
to relish them. ''Oh, that's nothing" re-
marked the waiter to another visitor, lone
of our patrons is stuck OH sardines and ice
cream. and another insists Oh a thin layer
Of English mustard on his pumpkin pie. +"
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-30

AbO 1t year ago Miss Blanche BuswelI,
Of West Troy. \. Y, went to California to
visit relatives. While there she met c. e.
Waikerly. wealthy merchant and manu-
facturer. Eventually she became Walker
ly's wife. A short time ago Walkerly died.
leaving his whole fortune. amounting to
between $4,000. 900 and $1,000. 600 to his
wife. Mrs. Walkerly is not yet 25 years
Of age. Her husband was 80 at the time of
his heath
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-30

A Hartford Conn man sent his boy into
the country. equipped with a woOdchuck
trap and other appliances for enjoying his
vacation. and told him 10 have q good time.
and be- sure 10 go TO church on Sundays.
The first letter he received from the boy
said: Dear papa, I've caught woOdchuck
1t was a skunk. did not 20 to church.
Yours affsctionately."
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-30

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Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-30

Any one can cOnstrue almost anything as
wrong II he wants 10. Que man has proved
by the Bible that Il was right 10 kill .
brother. He made bet on it and won. He
turned To the account OF Cain killing Abel.
and further on pointed to the passage: go
thou and do likeNiSav